description: This profile sets minimum expectations for the Specimen resource to record, search, and fetch \"substances being sampled or tested. (e.g., nasopharyngeal swab, whole blood, serum, urine, wound swab)\" associated with a patient to promote interoperability and adoption through common implementation.  It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present in the resource and constrains the way the elements are used when using this profile.  It provides the floor for standards development for specific use cases.
package_name: rs/hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: USCoreSpecimenProfile
type: Specimen
elements:
  type:
    short: (USCDI) Kind of material that forms the specimen
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1099.54'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 0
  subject:
    type: Reference
    short: (USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from.
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient']
    index: 1
package_version: 6.1.0
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-specimen
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen
version: 6.1.0
required: [type]